An ambitious young woman, Alice Verney risks everything for pride and status as she deals with the political intrigues, private passions, shifting alliances, and social machinations of the Restoration court of King Charles II. By the author of
In the prequel to THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY, Alice Verney returns to England from the court of Louis XIV to discover political plots, traitorous schemes, and a series of murders by poison. Verney marries a handsome Duke, which puts her at the center of turmoil, but her loyalties to the King are torn when she begins to suspect her husband plays some part in the sinister affairs.
- Genre: Juvenile Fiction, Mystery + Crime, Fiction + Literature Themes
- Subgenre: Royalty, Medicine + Health, Literary Genres + Types of Novels, Historical Mysteries, Types of Characters
- Publisher: Broadway Books
- Pages: 530
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: May 29, 2007
- Date Published: May 29, 2007
- Author: Karleen Koen